Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Kaikorai Baptist Church is a wooden building seating about 300 people, and was erected in 1889. The church originated in a Sunday school mission when meetings were held in the house of the late Mr. Stewart, and services were subsequently held in the Kaikorai Public Hall, until the erection of the present church. A Sunday school was afterwards built, and in 1903 it had an attendance of 100 children. The church was at one time affiliated with the Hanover Street church, but the connection was severed in 1896. The church possesses a fine pipe organ, which cost £100. Services were conducted by laymen before the appointment in 1897 of the Rev. E. H. Howard, who resigned four years later, and was succeeded by the Rev. Matthew James Bowden Bennett, B.A.